Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-04
GAINESVILLE MURDER.
The Father OF Genie Watkins Believes
the Negro Allen Ward Is Con-
nected With the CEimes
A Mexican Arrested at Aromors, 1. t, on
Suspicion of Being tho Murderer.
Views of the Officers.
Mr.. WATKINS BELIEF.
Special to the Gazette.

Mr.. WATKINS BELIEF.
Special to the Gazette.
GAINESVILLE, TEX, Aug. 3.-Captain
J. c. Watkins, father Of the murdered
Miss Genie Watkins, who was killed here
on July 10, states to your reporter that
the rumor about the capture of his
daughters slayer is substantially correct |
aud that he had no doubt in his mind |
that Allen Ward, the negro captured Ct
Greenville week before last, was con-
cerned in the sfair il indeed ne was not |
the principal actor. He says he draws |
this conclusion from the darkey's own i
statement msde in MS presence. He |
further says that Ward, although APP
PATIENTLY very werk minded is in fact |
shrewd negro and only owned up when |
clossIy pinned down. Ward states that
lust before the murder lie had been work !
ing for a man living near Gainesville, that
he cam iuto the city on the eventful
night and that he was
ACCoSTED BY TWO MEN,
who told him they wanted him to assist
them in lob. They sill three later on in
the night went TO the sBostick residence
and got into the house, the negro going
in from the front and the two others at
the east window. Then, according to the
negrJ'5 account, he stood st the foot Of
the bed while one Of the other two men
did the murderous work, striking first the
smaller Of the two young ladies and then
rIkng tAe other young lsdy in the
mouth. Tne negro failed to
state to Mr.. Watkins how
he made his escape, but left the impress
sion that he wena out through one of the
front windows while the other two par
ties, one Of whom he said was . white
nan and the other a very
DARK-SKINNED WHITE MAN,
or negro, jumped Out of the east win
dow. As it Will be remembered, Mrs.
B0stick, when she came into the room,
saw the assassin, or one Of the assassins,
60 out Of the window on the east side Of
the house. Captain Watkins further
states that the negro gave quite an aCCu-
rate description Of the BOstiCk premises
and his claim that ne had been working
for some tune past on q construction
train near Pittsburg WAS totally inbound
ed as he, Captain Watkins, had gone to
Pittsburg and discovered that neither
of the two men the darkey
claimed to have worked under was known
il railroad circles in PittsbuCg st all. The
captain SAID that according to Wards
statements desire
TO COMMIT RAPE
seems to have been the impelling cause
of the outrageous crime. Captain
Watkins impressed the reporter firmly as
believing that NJ had caught one of the
rigat men, and stated that when the
Cooke county grand Jury met he would
produce evidence that would surely lead
toward indictment, and be believed his
llasl conviction. lie had kept quiet about
the matter so far, the captain said, but lie
felt that it was right and proper now that
the public should know the facts OF the
case. The general impression hGreis still
that Ward is not the guilty party,a that
having learned OF the details Of the
tragedy in some way made the confession
at Greenvl!e, that he did on account OF
weak and disorderei mind. The
negro is still held in custody here, how
ever, and the authorities are still investi-
eating the case against Ward, out as yet
nothing has been discovered against him
except mis- confession to Watkins, and ne
tells such conflicting tales since he has
been here that the local officers put
little or no faith in them.
ANOTHER ARREST.
Another startling development in the
Watkins lease took place to-day, and the
report WIS current in the city that the
guilty man had been caught st last. The
foundation for the report was this. Yes
terday afternoon Deputy Sheriff j. II.
Arnold Of this county and others, arrested
| Mexican who gave mis- name as George
! Spaniard, near Ardmore, in the Indian
Territory, and brought him TO this city
| by private conveyance, arriving here this
afternoon st l O'Clock. The Mexi-
can when arrested by the officers
confessed to having been concerned in
the Killing of Miss Watkins and the
w0unding OF Miss Bostick. He said he
and q negro were the parties concerned
in me crime, and that the negro was the
one who did
TIE BLOODY WORK,
the Mexican claiming he only stood
by and saw the deed done. He further
stated that they went together till they
reached Red river, seven miles north of
here, where they parted company, the
negro turning east and the Mexican
keeping on into the Territory and work
ing his Way as far up as Ardmore, where
he was arrested. Among his personal
effec.5 was found q shirt with bloody
right sleeve, which was covered with
dirt. He had also in his possession q
large butcher knife, which had
blood around the hilt. The
Mexican's tale was Zigz4o
considerably throughout and many OF his
statements were contradictory, but what
he told was sufficient to instill into the
: minds Of his captors the firm belief thai
they had caught the right man. SpaniaTd':
: trail was struck by them
ON RED RIVER
snd they have been camping on his trai
for past two weeks until yesterday theI
ran their game to the ground. But while
the facts seem very strong agains
Spanisrd and while those who captured
him believe strongly in his guilt, Their,
are circumstances which tend to show
tfst the perpetrator of the foulest Grim,
ever committed in Cooke county is ye
: undiscovered. The Mexican has beer
; travelling the public roads for the pas
two weeks, stopping st diferen
: places to spend the night, and hs
: made no effort to conceal hi
identity; besides no one la
ever seen him in Gainesville alfnOuuh n,